Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:20:50 -0700WeeblyFri, 12 Oct 2018 09:26:58 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-12-october-1896Alabama History - 12 October 1896: The Alabama Girls’ Industrial School opened as the first state-supported industrial and technical school focused on workforce development for girls. The school later was named Alabama College and is now the University of @Montevallo . #Our67 ]]>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-5-july-1819Alabama History - 5 July 1819: Our first constitutional convention convened in Huntsville. Less than a month later, 44 delegates representing 22 counties adopted what was later known as the Constitution of 1819, the first of six Alabama constitutions.]]>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-3-july-1815Alabama History - 3 July 1815: Leaders in Clarke County named the city of Jackson after Andrew Jackson (he passed through during the Creek War with his troops in 1813). The city had originally been named Pine Level after the land company that platted out the new town. #Our67]]>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-economic-history-2-july-2012Alabama Economic History - 2 July 2012: Airbus announced its $600 million dollar investment for an assembly plant in Mobile. #Our67]]>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-3-june-1898Richmond Pearson Hobson of Greensboro (awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1933) became a naval hero when he sunk his own ship, the Merrimac, during the Spanish-American War, as an an attempt to block the Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor.]]>Mon, 28 May 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/memorial-day-ceremony-at-alabama-national-cemeteryThank you to all who coordinated the moving ceremony at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo today, a beautiful way to honor the fallen.​To my left is Major General James W. Darden, US Army Reserve (Retired) and the Alabama Ambassador for the Chief of the US Army Reserve. #Our67

]]>Sun, 27 May 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-27-may-1973A red-letter day of Alabama severe weather events, the Brent Tornado (as well as a number of tornadoes) touched down across the north and central areas of our state. *A reminder to stay weather-aware as #Alberto makes landfall this week @AlabamaEMA]]>Wed, 23 May 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/google-fiber-celebrates-one-year-in-huntsvilleMilestones: This morning we celebrated the first anniversary of Google Fiber in Huntsville. Google Fiber is available in areas of Huntsville now and adding access as we speak. Thank you, Google, for being a part of Huntsville and the state of Alabama! @googlefiber@Google

]]>Sun, 20 May 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-20-may-1925Artist and muralist John Roderick Dempster MacKenzie was inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame. Works include 43 oil pastel paintings depicting the steel industry and an Alabama history mural series that graces the rotunda of our state's Capitol.]]>Tue, 01 May 2018 15:41:38 GMThttp://www.alabamas67.com/history-and-heart---blog/alabama-history-1-may-1961Monroeville native Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.]]>